Cyclones Head West for Last Dance at Colorado an Iowa State Team That Has Played the Nation’S Toughest Schedule Scored Wins at No
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ISU AFFIRMS RHOADS’ VISION Cyclones Head West for Last Dance at Colorado An Iowa State team that has played the nation’s toughest schedule scored wins at No. 22 Texas (28-21) and Kansas (28-16), IOWA STATE (5-5, 3-3) AT COLORADO (3-6, 0-5) before heartbreaking final-play loss to No. NOV. 13, 2010, 12:30 P.M. CST 9/10 Nebraska last weekend makes its final FOLSOM FIELD, BOULDER, COLORADO appearance at Colorado before the Buffa- TV:FOX COLLEGE SPORTS TALENT: STEVE PHYSIOC (PXP);YOGI ROTH (COLOR); loes bolt to the Pac-10 Conference ... the SAMANTHA STEELE (SIDELINE) game will be televised Fox College Sports RADIO: CYCLONE RADIO NETWORK/LEARFIELD ... the Cyclones beat Texas for the first time, TALENT: JOHN WALTERS (PXP); ERIC HEFT (COLOR) and the victory was Iowa State’s first road BEN BRUNS (SIDELINE) win over a ranked team since 1990 ... Iowa State prevailed in Ames over CU, 17-10 last season in a game that made the Cyclones Cyclone Notebook bowl eligible ... a win Saturday would put • 2010 Record: Iowa State (5-5, 3-3) at Colorado (3-6, 0-5) Iowa State across the same threshold ... • Coaches: Iowa State’s Paul Rhoads is 12-11 in his second year at Iowa State. He is 1-0 Iowa State has played or will play teams vs. Colorado. Colorado head coach Dan Hawkins is in his fifth season and is 19-39 overall that have posted a 55-29 (.655) record, the and 2-2 vs. Iowa State. best such mark nationally ... Alexander Rob- • Series: Colorado leads the all-time series 48-15-1. Colorado leads the series 24-6-2 in inson rushed for 101 yards on 32 carries, Boulder. Iowa State has won three straight games in Ames against the Buffaloes but has the third straight game in which he topped lost four straight in Boulder since a snowy 35-27 ISU win in Colorado in 2000. the 100-yard barrier ... Iowa State rushed for • Colorado: The Buffaloes stand 3-6 overall after falling at Kansas Saturday by a score of 52- 199 yards against a Texas defense that had 45. Colorado QB Cody Hawkins passed for 322 yards and three touchdowns with two in- allowed 107.5 rushing yards per contest ... terceptions. TB Rodney Stewart rushed for 175 yards on 27 carries and three touchdowns. the Cyclones amassed 232 rushing yards Paul Richardson came into the game with 13 receptions but made 11 catches at KU for 141 against Kansas ... Robinson holds the No. yards and 2 touchdowns. Colorado led 35-10 at the half and 38-17 heading into the fourth quarter. Colorado outgained KU 464-453. 4 position in school history in career rush- • TV: Fox College Sports ing yards with 3,189 ... the Nebraska game was A-Rob’s 13th career 100-yard game ... the ISU defense held Texas without a touch- IOWA STATE 2010 SCHEDULE FACTS down through its first 10 possessions and Iowa State outgained the Jayhawks, 400- Date Opponent Polls Live TV Time/Score 268 ... Nebraska came into the game aver- S 2 NORTHERN ILLINOIS NA/RV FSN W, 27-10 aging 458.5 yards but was held to 314 yards ISU QB Austen Arnaud throws for 265 yards; ISU defense holds NIU to 249 total yards. by the ISU defense ... the Cyclones rank S 11 at Iowa 9/10 ABC-TV L, 7-35 tied for 13th nationally in turnover margin ... Cyclones fell behind early and couldn’t recover; Arnaud hits Darks for TD pass late. before a loss to No. 9 Utah on Oct. 9, ISU S 18 Kansas State (KC) RV/RV FSN L, 20-27 enjoyed a memorable 52-38 win over Texas See-saw game, lead changed six times in Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. Tech in Ames on Oct. 2 ... the Cyclones S 25 NORTHERN IOWA FCS Mediacom W, 27-0 amassed a season-high 441 yards and its ISU defense scores a pair of touchdowns as Cyclones record first shutout since 2004. 52 points are the most scored by a Cyclone O 2 TEXAS TECH na/RV FCS W, 52-38 unit ever against a Big 12 opponent ... Arnaud throws career-high four TD passes; most points ever by ISU against Big 12 opponent Rhoads, who last season became the first O 9 UTAH 10/10 FCS L, 27-68 Iowa State rookie head coach to win seven ISU led 14-10 after first quarter; Utah put up 31 points in the second quarter games since Clyde Williams in 1907, is 12- O 16 at Oklahoma 6/6 FSN L, 0-52 11 at ISU ... his overall record has never No. 6 Sooners outgain Iowa State, 672-183; second staight top 10 opponent for Iowa State dipped below .500 ... Arnaud has cemented O 23 at Texas 22/22 FSN W, 28-21 himself as a true dual threat, throwing for First win over over Texas in eighth series game; first road win over a rated team since 1990. 6,641 yards (second school history) and 42 O 30 KANSAS (H) NA None W, 28-16 touchdowns (second school history) while First win over KU since 2004; ISU nets three third quarter TDs, outgains KU overall 400-268 rushing for 1,293 yards and 15 scores dur- N 6 NEBRASKA 9/10 ABC L, 30-31 OT ing his career. Game came down to final play as ISU outgained Nebraska 360-314; Arnaud 3 TD passes N 13 at Colorado NA FCS 12:30 p.m. Cyclones prevailed 17-10 last season; final game in Boulder as Buffs bolt for Pac-10 N 20 MISSOURI 20/20 TBA TBA ISU led 17-10 at half last season; QB Blaine Gabbert returns for Tigers All times Central *AP & USA Today Contact Tom Kroeschell, Associate A.D. for Communications Iowa State University Athletics Jacobson Athletic Building Ames, IA 50011-1140 515-294-3372 cyclones.com Head Coach Paul Rhoads STORY LINES sive Newcomer of the Year. Sims made 1. RHOADS TOOK ISU BACK TO BOWL a career-best 17 tackles at Oklahoma In his first meeting with At his introductory press coference in and forced a Sooner fumble. his new team in January of December 2008, Paul Rhoads com- 2009, new Iowa State head pared his story of returning to Iowa Sims made a major contribution in coach Paul Rhoads told his State to a Hollywood script. His team ISU’s win at No. 22 Texas, making Cyclones they were going to win a bowl game. His players wrote a sequel that has exceeded all eight tackles and breaking up four were somewhat taken aback. expectations in his first season as ISU passes. He made 13 tackles and forced ISU had lost its last 10 games head coach. The Cyclones’ 7-6 cam- a fumble. in 2008 and hadn’t had a win- paign was a streak breaker. ISU beat ning season or gone to a bowl game in four Minnesota, 14-13, in the 2009 Insight 6. VETERANS ANCHOR O-LINE years. Bowl on Dec. 31 for its first winning Left tackle Kelechi Osemele was sec- Now, against the nation’s toughest season and bowl appearance since ond-team All-Big 12 honoree last sea- schedule, he has ISU 5-5 one game from bowl 2005. son. It should be noted that ISU did eligbility. graduate center Reggie Stephens who Iowa State’s players followed their leader 2. RHOADS’ SOLID START is a rookie with the Cincinnati Bengals. last season en route to a 7-6 record that Last season he was the first coach to included a 14-13 win over Minnesota in the Senior Ben Lamaak had moved over win seven games in his first ISU sea- Insight Bowl. from right guard to fill those shoes but The final results could not have been son since Clyde Williams in 1907. He missed last week’s game. Alex Alvarez better. The Cyclones tied Washington as the was the first Cyclone coach to post an moved back to center in Lamaak’s ab- most improved BCS teams nationally with five winning record in his first season (7- cense. Alvarez has started 27 straight more wins than the previous season. 6) since George Veenker in 1931. He games, playing three different posi- The seminal moment of the season was currently is 12-11, which is the best tions. a 9-7 win at Nebraska, accomplished by an record by an Iowa State coach through Iowa State team that played without its start- 23 games since Clay Stapleton was 7. PASSING FANCY ing quarterback or running back. It was ISU’s 16-6 in the 1958-61 seasons. first win in Lincoln in 32 years. Austen Arnaud is cementing his name The video of Rhoads’ emotional talk in the school record books. He threw 3. THE MAGIC NUMBER IS 24 with his team after the win over Nebraska a career-high four TD passes against became a staple highlight nationally. It had Iowa State is 11-0 under head coach Texas Tech and threw three TD tosses been viewed 235,000 times on Youtube by Paul Rhoads when holding teams un- against Nebraska. The hometown sig- season’s end. The key moment was when der 24 points and 1-11 when allow- nal caller from Ames is already sec- Rhoads told the team that he was proud to be ing more than 24 points. The 52-38 ond in Cyclone career passing yards their football coach. Iowa State fans feel the win over Texas Tech broke the mold.